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A. L. FOREMAN.

BOTTLE CRATE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 10. 1917.

1,314,317. Patnted Aug. 26, 1919.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMOS L. FOREMAN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO FOREMANS SYSTEMS,INCORPORATED, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

BOTTLE-CRATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

Application filed March 10, 1917. Serial No. 153,907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMos L. FOREMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing in Baltimore, Maryland, have invented certain Improvements inBottle-Crates, of which the following is a specification. 7

My invention consists of a bottle crate of that type shown in my UnitedStates Letters Patent No.'1,050,823, of January 21, 1913, and relatesparticularly to the manner in which the longitudinal partition membersare attached to the ends of the crate, the object of my invention beingto effect such attachment in a way that will be simpler and more securethan the method formerly employed by me, and produce a crate themanufacture of which will require very little special machinery.

This object I accomplish in the manner hereinafter set forth, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, in which-- Figure 1 is alongitudinal vertical section of a crate constructed in accordance withmy present invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section showin the manner in which alongitudinal par tition member is secured to an end of the crate;

F.'g. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the inside of an end ofthe crate showing a recess for the reception of an end of a longitudinalpartition member, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of an end of such a longitudinal partitionmember.

As in my previous patent the crate has opposite ends which are composedof pleces 1 and 2, opposite sides which are composed of pieces 3 and 4,and it is e nipped with a laced wire bottom 9, and wit longitudinalpartition members 11 and transverse part1- tion members 12. In case acrate has more than one partition structure, the sides will be composedof an accordingly increased number of pieces.

Each longitudinal artition member 11 consists of a flat meta strip, andwherever it is necessa to attach an end of a strip to an end mem r ofthe crate a kerf 13 is formed in the inner face of such member of thecrate. Immediately below the kerf 13 and in communication with thebottom thereof is formed a notch 14 for the reception of the head of anail 15, b means of WhlCll the end of the artition strip is secured. inplace.

Each end of each strip is provided with a perforation 16 which. whensuch end is placed within a kerf 13, is in alinement with the notch 14,the strip projecting into the' body of the end of the crate as far asthe dotted line :0 shown in Fig. 4. The securing nail 15, the diameterof which is slightly less than the diameter of the perforation 16, isthen placed in position with its point in the perforation and drivenupwardly and diagonally through the perforation into the end member ofthe crate. By means of this improved method of effecting the attachmentof the partition member to the end member I am enabled to obtain a moresecure attachment with the use of one nail than I previously obtainedwith the use of two, for the reasons that, having thenail-head-receiving notch in communication with the kerf which receivesthe end of the-strip there is less weakening of the material of whichthe end of the crate consists and the nail is gripped by the materialentirely above the end of the partition and at a point where there hasbeen no weakening of its structure whatever.

It is also easier to assemble a crate constructed in accordance withthis invention, for the reason that when fastening the end of the stripto the end of the crate the perforation in the strip through which thenail must pass is visible to the operator when the nail is placed inposition with its point in the perforation preparatory to being driveninto the end of the crate. Also, as before pointed out, only one nail isnow used where formerly. two were employed.

Although I have shown and described the nail as being driven upwardlythrough the perforation in the strip and into the end of the crate thismay be reversed, in which casethe notch 14 would be above the kerf 13and the nail would be driven downwardly. I prefer the method which Ihave shown, however, as the upwardly driven nail better resists anloosening which might be caused by shocl is and jars upon the strips atsuch times as the crate is being filled with bottles.

I claim:

A bottle crate having end walls each with a recess in its inner side anda notch communicating with said recess, a flat metal strip constitutinga longitudinal partition member, said str p having each and let into therecess in the corresponding end wall and being provided with aperforation in that portion within the recess but exposed by the notch,and a single securing nail driven diagonally into the end wallsubstantiall in line with the base of the notch, said nail passingthrough the perforation in the strip and having its head containedwithin the notch and bearing upon that face of the strip which isexposed by the notch; 10

In testimony I have signed my name to this specificatlon.

AMOS L. FOREMAN.

